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Orders of Oldenburg, House and Merit Order of Duke Peter, Plate L, 1844
$275
€245 · £210
Original print, not a reproduction.
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- Date
- 1844
- Technique
- Wood Engraving
- Coloring
- Hand colored
- Condition
- Good. Light wear to the bottom left, top right and bottom right corners. Age toning, darker at the edges; handling soiling along the edges and scattered foxing in the margins. Printed image clean.
- Collection
- Uniforms & regiments
- Era
- 1816 to 1899, Empire and industry
- Stock no.
- BG-13055-57
What the condition grades mean
- Excellent
- Bright and clean, with no faults worth mentioning.
- Very good
- Only light signs of age, such as faint toning.
- Good
- Normal signs of age for a sheet of this period: toning, some foxing, small marks or neat old repairs.
- Fair
- Clear faults such as staining, tears or repairs, priced to match.
Every fault we see is written in the condition note, and the whole sheet is shown uncropped in the photos.
This is an original antique wood engraving, colored by hand, showing insignia of Oldenburg. At the upper left, item 1 is a silver breast star of many feathered rays with a red ring around a blue center bearing a crowned script monogram. At the upper right, item 7 is a silver medal with a crowned script initial on a blue ribbon with red stripes. In the middle, items 5-6 are a white medallion with a crowned mantle and arms inside a green wreath, and items 3-4 a crowned green-wreathed badge with the red ring and blue monogram center. At the lower left, item 2 is a crowned gold cross with white arms lettered with dates, the arms under a crowned mantle at the center, on a blue ribbon with red stripes, with the round reverse medallion drawn below. At the lower right, item 8 is a gold cross with a crowned monogram on a red ribbon edged in blue.
The running head reads "OLDENBOURG." and the plate number "L." The red ring of the star, and in part those of items 3-4 and of the reverse of item 2, carries the motto "EIN GOTT EIN RECHT·EINE WAHRHEIT" (one God, one law, one truth), the motto of the House and Merit Order of Duke Peter Friedrich Ludwig. The arms of the cross, item 2, read "17 Jan 1755", "6 Jul:1785", "21 Mai 1829" and "27 Nov 1838".
The plate comes from Ordres de Chevalerie et Marques d'Honneur, published by Auguste Wahlen at Brussels, Librairie Historique-Artistique, rue de Schaerbeek, 12, in 1844; the half title reads Histoire, costumes, décorations de tous les ordres de chevalerie, et marques d'honneur. Auguste Wahlen was the pen name of the Belgian writer Jean-François-Nicolas Loumyer (1801 to 1875), and the title page lists his own knighthoods in orders of Prussia, Sweden, Spain, Portugal, Turkey, Hanover, Greece, the Roman States, Saxe-Coburg and Brazil. The plates are relief prints, wood engravings colored by hand with watercolor.
The clear red, blue and gold frame well on their own.
Condition: Light wear to the bottom left, top right and bottom right corners. Age toning, darker at the edges; handling soiling along the edges and scattered foxing in the margins. Printed image clean.
This is an original antique print, not a modern reproduction. This item is sold unframed. Any framed or interior images are shown for presentation and inspiration only, unless the listing explicitly states that the item is sold framed.
